Bergeron was nicked up in the Bruins loss in Dallas on Friday and will be a game-time call in Arizona tonight. Bergeron has had injury troubles in the past, but it doesn’t sound like this is overly serious.
Helm left this afternoon’s game in New Jersey with an upper-body injury and head coach Jeff Blashill expects him to be out for an extended period of time. Helm played just 2:03 TOI before departing the game and his injury will likely lead to someone being called up from the AHL.
Beaulieu is expected to be a healthy scratch on Saturday with Casey Nelson being re-inserted into the lineup. It’s a bit of a surprising decision with Beaulieu recording one goal and two assist in his last three games.
Nelson has sat out of the last four games, but will replace Nathan Beaulieu in the lineup on Saturday. Nelson has just two assists and 10 shots on goal in 13 games this season.
Ullmark surrendered five goals on 32 shots in the Sabres loss in Montreal on November 8th. Ullmark has been up-and-down in five starts this season, posting a 2.79 GAA, .916 SV% and one shutout overall. Tonight he runs into a Wild team that has won six of their last eight games (6-2-0) while averaging 3.88 goals for per game.
Dell surrendered four goals on 31 shots in the Sharks loss in St. Louis on November 9th. Dell opened the season with a win, but has lost four straight games since, allowing a combined 13 goals on 125 shots (.896 SV%). Dell has struggled and the Blues are seventh in the NHL in scoring, but they do come in on the tail-end of a back-to-back.
Brassard has missed the last nine games with a lower-body injury, but he is set to return on Saturday night. Brassard is expected to centre the Penguins second line with Phil Kessel and Jake Guentzel with Sidney Crosby out with an upper-body injury. Brassard has one goal and four assists (five points) in eight games this season.
This doesn’t come as much of a surprise as head coach Mike Sullivan said he expects Crosby to mis about one week. With Crosby missing his second straight game, Evgeni Malkin will play huge minutes again tonight.
Petrovic has appeared in all 16 games this season, picking up just one assist, 18 PIMS and 27 shots. He will be replaced by Mark Pysyk, who returns from an upper-body injury.
Malgin was in the lineup for the last seven games, picking up just one goal and one assist. He will be replaced by Maxim Mamin tonight.
Pysyk has missed the last nine games with an upper-body injury, but will replace Alex Petrovic on Saturday. Pysyk has just two assists in five games this season.
Mamin has been a healthy scratch for the last five games, but will replace Denis Malgin in the lineup on Saturday. Mamin has no points and just six shots in six games this season.
Luongo allowed six goals on 36 shots in the Panthers loss in Columbus on Thursday. The loss snapped a four-game winning streak for Luongo, who has a 2.18 GAA and .918 SV% in six games this season. Tonight he faces a Rangers team that has gone 6-1-1 in their last eight contests.
Murray allowed four goals on 26 shots in the Penguins loss to the Lightning on Thursday. Murray continues to struggle as his losing streak reached five games. During that stretch, he has posted a putrid 4.54 GAA and .840 SV%. Surprisingly, Murray has been much, much better on the road—3-0-1 with a 1.94 GAA and .946 SV%.
The Golden Knights struggled without Schmidt, going 8-11-1 during his 20-game suspension. The 27-year-old is coming off of a career-year, having scored five goals with 31 assists (36 points) in 76 games. He will likely replace Jon Merrill and play huge minutes on the Vegas top pair on Sunday.
Domingue allowed three goals on 31 shots the Lightning’s win in Pittsburgh on Thursday. With Andrei Vasilevskiy out long-term, Domingue is expected to get an extended run in the Lighting crease. Even with the injury to their No.1, the Lightning should have the advantage in net this afternoon with the Flyers No.3 getting the start for them.
